Analytical Skills Contracts in the North West

Analytical Skills
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Analytical Skills in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Analytical Skills over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 28 30
Rank change year-on-year +7 +2 -7
Contract jobs citing Analytical Skills 191 197 262
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 6.88% 6.10% 6.58%
As % of the General category 12.82% 11.87% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 122 161
10th Percentile £300 £294 £213
25th Percentile £381 £364 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £439 £463
Median % change year-on-year +9.69% -5.14% +2.78%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £525
90th Percentile £613 £650 £630
England median daily rate £538 £535 £525
% change year-on-year +0.47% +1.90% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 14 42
10th Percentile £11.77 £11.58 £14.25
25th Percentile £13.50 £23.15 £16.48
Median hourly rate £17.72 £32.87 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -46.09% +22.88% -30.84%
75th Percentile £43.75 £47.85 £48.23
90th Percentile £54.00 £55.38 £51.38
England median hourly rate £18.50 £35.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -47.89% -1.39% +71.84%

All General Skills
North West

Analytical Skills is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,490 1,659 1,979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.64% 51.39% 49.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 923 1,140 1,396
10th Percentile £300 £304 £213
25th Percentile £400 £410 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +7.64% +9.04%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £569
90th Percentile £687 £675 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -2.27% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 86 117
10th Percentile £12.47 £14.70 £11.98
25th Percentile £14.50 £18.63 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.72 £25.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.51% +27.50% -10.11%
75th Percentile £35.23 £37.30 £44.03
90th Percentile £49.10 £52.56 £56.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.81 £21.50
% change year-on-year -13.82% +61.91% -4.44%

Analytical Skills
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Analytical Skills as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Analytical Skills in the North West

Analytical Skills
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Analytical Skills in the North West

Analytical Skills
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the North West

Analytical Skills
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Analytical Skills in the North West

Analytical Skills
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Analytical Skills in the North West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Analytical Skills in the North West

Analytical Skills
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Analytical Skills within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +15 102 £450 +5.88% 216
Cheshire -1 50 £525 +17.98% 126
Cumbria -1 28 £493 +16.00% 20
Lancashire -2 5 - - 67
Merseyside +9 3 - - 39
Analytical Skills
England

Analytical Skills
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.62%) Apache
1 5 (2.62%) Confluence
1 5 (2.62%) Tomcat
2 4 (2.09%) IIS
3 2 (1.05%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.05%) IBM Notes
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.05%) Mule
4 1 (0.52%) CMS
4 1 (0.52%) JBoss
4 1 (0.52%) nginx
4 1 (0.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 31 (16.23%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (14.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (6.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (6.81%) Microsoft Project
4 10 (5.24%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.52%) SAP EWM
1 1 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.52%) SAP SD
1 1 (0.52%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 25 (13.09%) AWS
2 24 (12.57%) Azure
3 23 (12.04%) Power Platform
4 16 (8.38%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.19%) OneDrive
6 5 (2.62%) GCP
6 5 (2.62%) SaaS
7 3 (1.57%) Google Analytics
7 3 (1.57%) Google Tag Manager
7 3 (1.57%) IaaS
7 3 (1.57%) PaaS
7 3 (1.57%) Snowflake
8 2 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.05%) GitHub
8 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.05%) Serverless
9 1 (0.52%) Amazon SageMaker
9 1 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.52%) BigCommerce
9 1 (0.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.24%) TCP/IP
2 7 (3.66%) DSL
3 6 (3.14%) VPN
4 4 (2.09%) BGP
4 4 (2.09%) Firewall
4 4 (2.09%) H.323
4 4 (2.09%) HTTP
4 4 (2.09%) OSPF
5 3 (1.57%) DNS
5 3 (1.57%) Skype
6 2 (1.05%) 2G
6 2 (1.05%) 3G
6 2 (1.05%) 4G
6 2 (1.05%) 5G
6 2 (1.05%) DHCP
6 2 (1.05%) DMZ
6 2 (1.05%) MPLS
6 2 (1.05%) Value-Added Service
6 2 (1.05%) VLAN
6 2 (1.05%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (10.99%) Power BI
2 10 (5.24%) Tableau
3 9 (4.71%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (4.71%) Relational Database
4 6 (3.14%) Data Lake
5 4 (2.09%) RDBMS
5 4 (2.09%) Snowflake Schema
6 3 (1.57%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.05%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (1.05%) Big Data
7 2 (1.05%) Hadoop
7 2 (1.05%) Metadata
8 1 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.52%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.52%) Power Query
8 1 (0.52%) Presto
8 1 (0.52%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 19 (9.95%) JIRA
2 9 (4.71%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.57%) Burp Suite
4 2 (1.05%) Cypress.io
4 2 (1.05%) Git
4 2 (1.05%) Liquibase
4 2 (1.05%) Log4j
4 2 (1.05%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.52%) GoCD
5 1 (0.52%) Pa11y
5 1 (0.52%) PyCharm
5 1 (0.52%) TestCafe
General
1 107 (56.02%) Social Skills
2 40 (20.94%) Finance
3 30 (15.71%) Public Sector
4 12 (6.28%) Banking
5 11 (5.76%) Legal
6 8 (4.19%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.19%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (3.14%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.09%) Marketing
8 4 (2.09%) Police
9 3 (1.57%) Local Government
9 3 (1.57%) Retail Banking
10 2 (1.05%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.52%) Automotive
11 1 (0.52%) Electronics
11 1 (0.52%) Law
11 1 (0.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (24.61%) Analyst
2 17 (8.90%) Business Analyst
2 17 (8.90%) Senior
3 15 (7.85%) Data Analyst
4 14 (7.33%) Architect
4 14 (7.33%) Capacity Manager
5 12 (6.28%) Availability Manager
5 12 (6.28%) Capacity and Availability Manager
6 10 (5.24%) Developer
6 10 (5.24%) Support Engineer
7 9 (4.71%) Windows Engineer
8 7 (3.66%) Administrator
8 7 (3.66%) IT Engineer
9 6 (3.14%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 6 (3.14%) Data Architect
9 6 (3.14%) Software Asset Manager
9 6 (3.14%) Software Manager
9 6 (3.14%) Systems Administrator
9 6 (3.14%) Test Engineer
10 5 (2.62%) Manufacturing Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.57%) Middleware
1 3 (1.57%) Node.js
1 3 (1.57%) React
1 3 (1.57%) React Native
1 3 (1.57%) REST
2 2 (1.05%) Hibernate
2 2 (1.05%) Jest
2 2 (1.05%) Kafka
2 2 (1.05%) PySpark
2 2 (1.05%) Spring
2 2 (1.05%) Web Services
3 1 (0.52%) AWS CDK
3 1 (0.52%) Express.js
3 1 (0.52%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.52%) HTML
3 1 (0.52%) HTML5
3 1 (0.52%) IBM Integration Bus
3 1 (0.52%) koa
3 1 (0.52%) Sass
3 1 (0.52%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 37 (19.37%) Management Information System
2 15 (7.85%) Virtual Team
3 14 (7.33%) CMDB
4 10 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.66%) Public Cloud
6 6 (3.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.62%) Life Science
8 4 (2.09%) Data Structures
8 4 (2.09%) IVR
9 3 (1.57%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.57%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.57%) NHS
10 2 (1.05%) Derivative
10 2 (1.05%) Reference Data
10 2 (1.05%) SCADA
10 2 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (1.05%) Tandem
10 2 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (13.09%) Windows
2 18 (9.42%) Linux
3 10 (5.24%) Unix
3 10 (5.24%) Windows 10
4 6 (3.14%) Apple iOS
4 6 (3.14%) Mac OS
5 5 (2.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.57%) Kali Linux
6 3 (1.57%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (56.54%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (17.80%) Agile
3 32 (16.75%) Mentoring
3 32 (16.75%) Service Management
4 27 (14.14%) Statistics
5 25 (13.09%) Quality Management
6 24 (12.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (12.57%) Project Management
7 21 (10.99%) Business Intelligence
8 20 (10.47%) Analytics
8 20 (10.47%) Capacity Management
8 20 (10.47%) Problem Management
8 20 (10.47%) Time Management
9 17 (8.90%) Availability Management
10 16 (8.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (7.85%) Change Management
11 15 (7.85%) Customer Service
11 15 (7.85%) Process Improvement
12 14 (7.33%) Analytical Thinking
13 13 (6.81%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 25 (13.09%) SQL
2 12 (6.28%) Python
3 7 (3.66%) Ruby
4 6 (3.14%) Java
5 5 (2.62%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.09%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.05%) R
8 1 (0.52%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.52%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.52%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (18.85%) Security Cleared
2 32 (16.75%) Degree
3 28 (14.66%) SC Cleared
4 6 (3.14%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (2.09%) CCNA
7 3 (1.57%) CCNP
7 3 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.57%) OSCP
7 3 (1.57%) PMI Certification
7 3 (1.57%) PMP
8 2 (1.05%) ACCA
8 2 (1.05%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.05%) CIMA
8 2 (1.05%) CIPFA
8 2 (1.05%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.05%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.05%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.81%) Data Quality
2 12 (6.28%) QA
3 9 (4.71%) SLA
4 8 (4.19%) GDPR
5 6 (3.14%) GxP
6 5 (2.62%) GAMP
7 4 (2.09%) Accessibility
7 4 (2.09%) PMO
8 3 (1.57%) PCI DSS
9 2 (1.05%) COREP
9 2 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.52%) FINREP
System Software
1 9 (4.71%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.52%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 8 (4.19%) Ansible
1 8 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (3.66%) CFEngine
2 7 (3.66%) PowerBroker
2 7 (3.66%) Progress Chef
2 7 (3.66%) Puppet
2 7 (3.66%) SCCM
3 6 (3.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 4 (2.09%) Terraform
5 2 (1.05%) Nagios
5 2 (1.05%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.52%) Grafana
6 1 (0.52%) Kibana
Vendors
1 42 (21.99%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.28%) ServiceNow
3 11 (5.76%) SAP
4 7 (3.66%) Atlassian
5 6 (3.14%) Apple
5 6 (3.14%) Google
5 6 (3.14%) SolarWinds
6 5 (2.62%) Pega
6 5 (2.62%) Red Hat
7 4 (2.09%) Avaya
7 4 (2.09%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.09%) VMware
8 3 (1.57%) Databricks
8 3 (1.57%) Verint
9 2 (1.05%) Cognizant
9 2 (1.05%) LogicMonitor
9 2 (1.05%) Lotus
9 2 (1.05%) Oracle
9 2 (1.05%) Splunk
9 2 (1.05%) Symantec